Developing legal writing materials for English second language learners: Problems and perspectives

English for Specific Purposes

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-320

  Candlin, C N ^a,b,c,d,e   Bhatia, V K ^a   Jensen, C H ^a,f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Applied Linguistics ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c A Natl Ctr Engl Lang Teach R   (Hong Kong)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Intl Assoc of Applied Linguistics   (Hong Kong)

^f Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EALP; ESP; Law; Legal English; Legal writing; Legal writing materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644266218     PISSN: 08894906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-4906(01)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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